Noun Definition

plate

1.Definition: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Related Noun(s):home

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Related Noun(s):denture

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a main course served on a plate

"A vegetable plate", "The blue plate special"

Category: General

6.Definition: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Related Noun(s):scale, shell

Category: Objects

7.Definition: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

Category: Objects

8.Definition: a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Category: Objects

9.Definition: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Category: Objects

10.Definition: any flat platelike body structure or part

Category: General

11.Definition: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Category: Objects

12.Definition: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

Category: Objects

13.Definition: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Category: Objects

14.Definition: the quantity contained in a plate

Related Noun(s):plateful

Category: General